Check out our special "Senior Projects" section for selected reviews of Pacific seniors' capstone presentations and projects.
A hit man performing the will of God was the subject of "Faith," a fictional film created by Aaron Ranck for his senior project presented Wednesday. Ranck, a film and video production major, says his religious upbringing was the inspiration for writing the film, where he became interested in the extraordinary impact religion had on peoples' lives.
Benjamin Elliott, a Computer Science major, presented a swarming beehive full of life and energy to a captivated audience at Senior Project's day, yet this was not the buzzing mass of insects we're used to. Rather, his beehive was on a computer, an artificial intelligence program designed to model bee behavior and decision-making.
There is a photo of a woman at her most peaceful, her back facing the camera. It shows a Pacific senior working in her art studio--mixed media supplies and images scattering the scene. This image of Christie Norbury opened her senior project presentation Wednesday morning in the Library Conference Room.
History has shown us that soldiers were men; covered in army fatigues, dirty face, clean bull cut. But according to Jennifer Mendoza's senior thesis, this image has changed. Standing with an American flag as the background on her presentation, Mendoza recited the history behind the liberation and inclusion of women in the armed forces.
Pacific singles, take heed - the rules of relationship initiation are changing with the times. For her senior project, "Romantic Initiation and Heterosexual Women at Pacific University: Social Exchange in Dating Relationships," Pacific student Tori Oshiro explained "how and why women in a collegiate setting initiate relationships.
Creative Writing major, Amy Young, left not seat or floor space empty as she read from her collection of poetry during her senior project presentation Wednesday afternoon. "Dying for Her Sins," the title of her chapbook as well as the title of a poem in the collection, compiled an intertwined mix of themes that kept a contagious laughter in the room, especially initiated from the author herself.
"He who eats alone, chokes alone". Lacy Todd opened up her senior project presentation with this proverb, as she passed a basket of thick, sweet, homemade bread around the dimly lit classroom. "[People have] little time to prepare or share a meal with friends or family" said Todd, who said she ran from the library, ran from the books, and "ran straight into a labor-intensive community-building project" when she first decided on her senior thesis.